All Gold Raspberry Canes

• Variety: All Gold, the sweet yellow autumn Raspberry
• Latin name: Rubus idaeus 'All Gold'
• Type: Autumn-fruiting primocane: it crops on the current year's canes
• Fruit: Yellow and very sweet
• Picking: August to October
• Height: 1.5 to 2.5m
• Canes: Slightly thorny
• Pollination: Self-fertile
• Spacing: 50cm apart, in rows 1.5m apart
• Stock: UK grown and certified virus-free
• Sold as: Bareroot canes
• Award: RHS Award of Garden Merit
• Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
• Hardiness: H6, hardy through the British winter
• Delivered: Bareroot, November to April. Collection from Castle Cary also available

All Gold is the yellow Raspberry to grow: very sweet fruit from August into October on canes that fruit in their first year. It holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit, is on the RHS Plants for Pollinators list, and our canes are UK grown and certified virus-free.

All Gold Raspberry Plants

All Gold golden, sweet fruit, considered the "must have" yellow variety. Autumn cropping primocane, Aug into Oct. It has slightly thorny canes, but otherwise the plant is tough and vigorous.

Certified and grown from virus-tested parent material in the UK.

Please note: In line with general practice, our raspberries are delivered with last year's growth cut back to 45-60cm.
Summer fruiting raspberries (floricanes) may bear a few berries in the summer following planting, but their first full fruiting season will be in the year after, on their first year's growth.
Autumn fruiting raspberries (primocanes) should crop quite well in their first year, and you can help them by thinning off small and malformed fruit.

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Growing All Gold Raspberries:

Raspberries are easy to grow in a humus rich, moist soil that drains well, lots of sun and some shelter from strong wind. They're convenient to grow in rows with light support wires or ropes in exposed locations on either side to hold the canes up nicely, and in sheltered sites they should be upright enough on their own.

Their roots are shallow, fragile and spreading, so prepare the soil wide rather than deep for them, and consider 6 to 12 inch tall raised beds if your soil is poor or hard clay. Either way, try to add plenty of organic matter, rotted manure is great. Also, don't trample the soil next to your plants, especially in the growing season, and don't let the soil dry out when the fruit are forming; keeping an eye on the weather, delay spring mulching as long as there is wet weather and until the soil has well warmed up, then apply some more mulch in a dry mid-summer spell after a good watering to preserve moisture.

If the crowns of your raspberries rot, it's likely because the site is too damp.

Spacing: 40-50cm apart along the rows, with 1.5m between rows

History & Trivia

All Gold is officially rated sweeter than the other most popular autumn variety, Autumn Bliss, making it the one to choose first.

Standard practice is to deliver raspberry canes with last year's growth cut back to 45-60 cm.

Therefore, Autumn fruiting raspberries should crop fairly well in the Autumn following planting, but not as well as the year after.

Planting Companions

Grow it beside a red autumn variety for a two-colour bowl: Polka starts in late July and peaks in autumn. For fruit earlier in the summer, add Tulameen. Our guide to growing Raspberries covers planting and support. Dust the roots with Rootgrow as you plant.

Why Buy Your Raspberry Canes from Ashridge?

Ashridge has sold plants since 1949 and is a Which? Best Plant Supplier 2025. Your All Gold canes are UK grown and certified virus-free, lifted to order while dormant and guaranteed for 12 months. Plant them between November and April, and they will establish readily.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is All Gold a summer or an autumn Raspberry?

Autumn. It is a primocane, which means it fruits on the canes it grows in the same year, from August into October.

How do you prune it?

Cut every cane to the ground in late winter. New canes grow in spring and fruit that autumn.

Do yellow Raspberries taste different?

Sweeter, in this case. All Gold is rated sweeter than Autumn Bliss, the popular red autumn variety.

Will it fruit in the first year?

It should crop fairly well in the autumn after planting, and better the year after.

Does it need support?

In an exposed spot, yes: light wires or ropes either side of the row hold the canes up. In a sheltered place the canes usually stand on their own.

What soil do Raspberries need?

A moist soil that drains well, rich in organic matter and slightly acid, in a sunny, sheltered place. A mulch of composted bark helps.

When are the canes delivered?

Bareroot only, from November to April, while the canes are dormant. You can order at any time of year and your canes are lifted and sent once the season opens.